A Texas high school has today been evacuated and a student is in custody after a potential bomb was found in a backpack on campus.

Officials at Katy Independent Schools District said all 3,000 students at Seven Lakes High School, located around 20 miles west of Houston, were evacuated to the football stadium at around 10 a.m. after police learned of a perceived threat on the school grounds.

Around 11 a.m., the school notified parents that authorities had found what appeared to be an explosive device in one of the buildings and that the Houston bomb squad was en route to the campus.

Scary: Students pass by Seven Lakes High School after being evacuated and released from school for the day

At 12:45 p.m., students were moved to
the Seven Lakes Junior High stadium and their anxious parents collected
them at 1:30 p.m.

According to ABC News, a suspicious-looking backpack was found on the east side of the school.